Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Cook Islands, you would:

Health

be 15.4% less likely to be obese

In Cook Islands, 55.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 47.3% of people as of 2016.

live 2.0 years less

In Cook Islands, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 23.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Cook Islands, 13.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2005. In Samoa, that number is 10.0% as of 2022.

make 66.7% less money

Cook Islands has a GDP per capita of $15,600 as of 2022, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $5,200 as of 2022.

Life

have 55.4% more children

In Cook Islands, there are approximately 12.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 20.4% more likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 65.6% more on healthcare

Cook Islands spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Samoa, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 3.4 times more coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Samoa: At a glance

Samoa is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 2,821 sq km. New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997.
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